Here are current and upcoming sports notices and events.

What’s on this week:

● Quad tournament - The annual Quad Sports tournament against Central Southland College and Cromwell College is being hosted by Mount Aspiring College this week. The school is buzzing with all the extra students around the school and it’s great to see our MAC students out supporting both our teams and the visitors. The sports involved in the tournament are volleyball, football, touch rugby, netball and the extra fun ‘Clash of the Colleges’ secret activity. Good luck to the 100 Year 9-13 students that we have competing!

● Next week the Wānaka Rowing Club is coming into school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes. Come into the gym to watch and participate in their big screen ‘give it a go’ challenge.

● Year 7 and 8 Rippa Rugby gets under way next week with sessions being held at lunchtime. Keep an eye on your emails and in the school notices for more information. 

Sports Calendar: Term 2,  2023

The term calendar is an overview of the sports events that are happening this term. If you have any questions about any upcoming events, please come and see Ignacio and Claire at the Sports Hub or email us at sports@mtaspiring.school.nz

Term 2

3 May:  MAC Cross Country Mountain Bike Champs - Deans Bank

28 May:  Otago Secondary Schools Swimming Champs - Dunedin

28 May:  Central Lakes Netball Tournament - Year 9/10

30 May:  Central Otago Rippa Rugby Champs - Queenstown

11/12 June:  Otago Secondary School Netball Champs - Dunedin

20 June:  Upper Clutha Swimming Champs - Wānaka

27 June:  Central Otago Primary School Swimming Champs - Wānaka

3-5 July:  SISS Junior Netball Championships - Christchurch

Extra Info: The following websites / pages have detailed information regarding sport and competition the latest updates regarding school sport:

http://www.osssa.org.nz/ (Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc.)

https://www.schoolsportnz.org.nz/ (School Sport New Zealand)

https://sportnz.org.nz/ (Sport New Zealand)

SPORTS NOTICES

Rowing

Are you interested in trying out rowing? All students are invited to come along to our rowing challenge in the gym at lunchtime next week on Tuesday the 2nd, Wednesday the 3rd and Thursday the 4th of May. Ergometers will be connected to the big screen so students can ‘give it a go’ and race against each other.

Also, if you are interested in participating in the Wānaka Rowing Club ‘Learn to Row’ programme which is running from Saturday 13th of May to Sunday the 18th of June, then please register between Friday 5 and Friday 12 May at the 'give it a go' lunchtime sessions or through the Wanaka Rowing Club via email: wanakarowingclub@gmail.com

If you have any questions or want more information, please contact Angela Rickard: rickarda@mtaspiring.school.nz

Road Cycling

The Otago/Southland Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships are being held in Invercargill on Tuesday 30 May. The events involved are: Road Race, Individual Time Trial and Team Time Trial (four in a team for team time trial). If you are interested in participating in this event, please come and see us at the Sports Hub for more information.

Hillary Challenge

2023 marks the 23rd year of the Hillary Challenge for Year 11-13 students. The South Island Hillary Challenge event is a 6 hour long, navigation-based challenge that requires the students to traverse the course on foot and mountain bikes. The South Island Challenge is being held in the Geraldine area on 21 May.

No prior experience is necessary, as these challenges are designed to attract students of all levels, so you don’t need a high level of skill and experience to join in and have an awesome time. Teams can choose to be as social, or as competitive as they like. Some basic skills, a little fitness and a 'give it a go' attitude is really all that is needed.

For those students who are more competitive, there is the chance to earn one of the places to compete in the National Hillary Challenge Final later in the year. Here is a video from last years final showing what it is all about 2022 Final.

More info about the 6 hour challenges can be found HERE. If you are keen and interested to be involved in a MAC team this year, please come and see us at the Sports Hub.